I have to say this was a master piece of PR from Nigel Farage. You have to give the man credit. They came nowhere near getting on the regional list let alone winning a seat outright. It was classic though - they said Nigel Farage was on his way to Newport and a few minutes later he was in a studio in London!!I'm watching the Welsh Assembly, UKIP expected to pickup 3/60 AMs for the first time judging by Yougov prediction the other day. The extent of the Liberal Democrat collapse will also be interesting, especially in Liverpool and the north in general - it will be interesting to see what party rises in these areas to challenge Labour in the future if this is indeed the end of the Liberal Democrats.
Chilling for the Lib dems though. BNP beat them in two seats. I am pretty happy with the outcome though
- Labour did very well and the Conservatives are now in second place with the nationalists in third which should stop any more money being spent on the welsh language which has grown out of all proportion to the amount of first language welsh speakers. The Scottish results are quite outstanding really and could be a blessing in disguise as they have promised all things to all people which I can't see them delivering so
they could be in for a very rocky ride when the honeymoon period is over. As far as an independence referendum is concerned he was quite reticent to say when so I feel he knows that there is really no real appetite for it. The rhetoric will have to stop now he is in power but you never do know, I guess.
Obviously I'm going to disagree on the whole welsh speaking spending However it shows the different attitudes towards to the two national parties in their countries. The fact plaid lost seats and SNP had massive gains is outstanding and I'm sure plaid will be asking questions to as why aren't they having as much success at their scottish counterparts.I have to say this was a master piece of PR from Nigel Farage. You have to give the man credit. They came nowhere near getting on the regional list let alone winning a seat outright. It was classic though - they said Nigel Farage was on his way to Newport and a few minutes later he was in a studio in London!!
Chilling for the Lib dems though. BNP beat them in two seats. I am pretty happy with the outcome though
- Labour did very well and the Conservatives are now in second place with the nationalists in third which should stop any more money being spent on the welsh language which has grown out of all proportion to the amount of first language welsh speakers. The Scottish results are quite outstanding really and could be a blessing in disguise as they have promised all things to all people which I can't see them delivering so
they could be in for a very rocky ride when the honeymoon period is over. As far as an independence referendum is concerned he was quite reticent to say when so I feel he knows that there is really no real appetite for it. The rhetoric will have to stop now he is in power but you never do know, I guess.
Well I don't mind it being proportionate at all to the amount if people who speak welsh but as far as I am concerned it is well over the top especially when there is bigger prioriies like education, jobs, health etcObviously I'm going to disagree on the whole welsh speaking spending However it shows the different attitudes towards to the two national parties in their countries. The fact plaid lost seats and SNP had massive gains is outstanding and I'm sure plaid will be asking questions to as why aren't they having as much success at their scottish counterparts.